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Innovative edtech platform Zen Educate raises Series A extension to support further UK growth and market expansion in the United States. Fab news today from Zen Educate, a simple, streamlined platform that connects schools with temporary and full-time teachers and teaching assistants, with the announcement that it has secured a £19.3m Series A extension round. The investment was led ...
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Skewb Climate is on a mission to help utility companies engage as a force for good in their communities via their bespoke digital education tools. Aside from knee-jerk, uneducated cries that videogames are dumbing down the population and causing violence - from the same kind of people who used to claim that Dungeons & Dragons was satanic and comic books were the cause of all violence - it&r...
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Toby Hunt, CEO of Earth Cubs, shares his insights on the rise of the Edtech sector and its potential to both educate and also create positive environmental and social impact. Many of us will remember the blackboard that dominated our school lessons. The remnants of past learnings ingrained on the board. Dates and facts listed out, as dry as the chalk dust. Over the last 30 years, classrooms ha...
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TECH CHAMPIONS comic aims to provide an innovative and visual approach to showcasing careers and opportunities in tech for young people in NI. TECH CHAMPIONS, an exciting tech-themed careers comic set to launch soon, will be celebrated at a school-focused event on Thursday 10th March as part of Derry & Strabane Enterprise Week. The innovative comic, aimed at young people, will showcase si...
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  The lowdown on fintech startup, Juno, the financial education platform for women and non-binary people Becoming financially literate early on in life is important, and there has been a recent boost in the number of fintech focused startups (fintech startup Strive, springs to mind) creating apps and platforms to help better people’s understanding of the subject. The problem is that ...
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Micro learning made easy thanks to Uptime, the app that enables users to access 5-minute Knowledge Hacks from the world’s best books, courses and documentaries Have you ever wished that you had just a bit more knowledge about something, but it’s not such an important thing that you would spend significant time learning about it? Like those people who seem to know a little bit about ...
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Thinking about starting a business degree? Good prep is key - these tips will help you start off on the right foot... If your daydreams of becoming a wildly successful entrepreneur have led you straight to the gates of education, then taking the time to properly prepare yourself for the road ahead is one of the best ways to make the most out of your time as a student. Business degrees can help...
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The Melbourne-born and London-based edtech startup that's bringing universities and tech companies together to help close the global digital skills gap The pandemic has significantly boosted people’s need and desire for online learning. Not just learning a new language or how to play guitar, but learning that can lead to qualification and a job.  Today’s startup says that 67% ...
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Preply is an edtech platform that's on a mission to make learning a new language easier than ever before via live video lessons with tutors We recently wrote about a startup that has created real-time translation earbuds so that anyone can communicate with people speaking other languages without issue. But wouldn’t it be even better if you could go to another country and speak to people i...
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The EverLearner launches a GoFundMe campaign to help disadvantaged children in the UK who are struggling to complete their online learning In early January, The EverLearner set up a £10k fund which teachers could apply to help their most disadvantaged children during the national lockdown. Within just one day the entirety of the fund had been distributed to teachers in need. Students need...
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